Sunday, December 14, 2008

HUD Secretary Announced In 6AM Email and Radio Address

Obama has effectively used a media platform to create a narrative of authority and cohesion with his prior Cabinet announcements. He has cleverly announced most of his prior personnel choices as "teams." In my opinion, this has enhanced the force of their appointments.

Poor Shaun Donovan. Obama named Donovan, his choice to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in a 6:00am email and later in his weekly radio address. Donovan currently serves the head of Housing and Historic Preservation for the City of New York. He has held that post for four years. Donovan was also a deputy assistant secretary at HUD during the Clinton administration.

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Professor Darren Hutchinson teaches Constitutional Law, Remedies, Race and the Law, and a Civil Rights Seminar at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Professor Hutchinson also holds the prestigious Stephen C. O’Connell Chair.
Professor Hutchinson received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Before teaching law, Professor Hutchinson practiced commercial litigation at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in New York City. He also clerked for the late Honorable Mary Johnson Lowe, a former United States District Judge in the Southern District of New York.
Professor Hutchinson's research has appeared in many prestigious journals including the Cornell Law Review, Washington University Law Review, UCLA Law Review, University of Michigan Journal of Race and Law, and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.
He has also presented his research at numerous universities, including Yale, Stanford, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, University of Virginia, Cornell, Georgetown, and Boston University.

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